[PATCH] Mount storage by UUID / Label

[giacomo.antonioli]

Hello, the hard drive is still seen as empty if I browse it by label. I sent you,  as you asked me, the result of  the blkid adb shell command.
Should I, although the labels are ASCII  437 and unique  change the  current internal hard disk label (Store4TB). If I do it I should run again the path right?
Thank you very much.
Regards
Giacomo

[oxanna]

in the new firmware 1.0.9 for Android 5.1, the storage mount patch by UUID / label
It has been inserted ?

[tmihai20]

in the new firmware 1.0.9 for Android 5.1, the storage mount patch by UUID / label
It has been inserted ?

I am pretty sure that this patch is not included in any official firmware.

[futeko.com]

It's not in any firmware yet.

The 2.0.1 beta has an early version of it, but the patch is better. We wait to see what 2.0.1 official will bring.

[oxanna]

I have 8 HDDs storage  attached to the player Himedia Q5 pro with Android 5.1. it work well and open all 8 disk everytime, sometimes  loses cover films only.
I  want to pass to android 7.
 about  the patch what means "Only first 4 mounted disks will be linked" ?
......that can be attached only 4 hard disks ,in all ? or 4  hard disk   for each host usb port ?
my problem is that I passed to Android 7 and  every boot, the 8 hard-disk  are not read all  . sometimes it opened  only 2 , another only 3
So,  I have applied the patch but not solve the problem for me.
I tried to mount the all 8 disk  using the folder " disk-by UUID" and another time by " disk by label " , but  at every boot it not opens  the 8 disk all,  and always lose the cover and films informations .
I went back to Android 5.1.with much regret, but at least so it opens all disks.

[futeko.com]

I have 8 HDDs storage  attached to the player Himedia Q5 pro with Android 5.1. it work well and open all 8 disk everytime, sometimes  loses cover films only.
I  want to pass to android 7.
 about  the patch what means "Only first 4 mounted disks will be linked" ?
......that can be attached only 4 hard disks ,in all ? or 4  hard disk   for each host usb port ?
my problem is that I passed to Android 7 and  every boot, the 8 hard-disk  are not read all  . sometimes it opened  only 2 , another only 3
So,  I have applied the patch but not solve the problem for me.
I tried to mount the all 8 disk  using the folder " disk-by UUID" and another time by " disk by label " , but  at every boot it not opens  the 8 disk all,  and always lose the cover and films informations .
I went back to Android 5.1.with much regret, but at least so it opens all disks.

At the moment with Android 7 + patch the limit is 4 attached drives.

I expect there to be no limit with the official solution in firmware 2.0.1.

[tenner]

please help im a newby im getting really frustrated with drives moving positions ive downloaded the patch and follow instructions but im still having problems I don't know if the patch is not working or im doing something wrong I would love a more detailed guide im sorry guys I love this box apart from this issue please help me ive got a 6tb sata drive and a 2tb usb drive and 256gb usb dongle (to copy files). And on my pc through network  calling my 6tb sata sda 2  its calling my 2tb usb drive sda1 also calling my 256gb dongle sda1 I think that's the problem im not sure any help would be much appreciated

[futeko.com]

please help im a newby im getting really frustrated with drives moving positions ive downloaded the patch and follow instructions but im still having problems I don't know if the patch is not working or im doing something wrong I would love a more detailed guide im sorry guys I love this box apart from this issue please help me ive got a 6tb sata drive and a 2tb usb drive and 256gb usb dongle (to copy files). And on my pc through network  calling my 6tb sata sda 2  its calling my 2tb usb drive sda1 also calling my 256gb dongle sda1 I think that's the problem im not sure any help would be much appreciated

This patch doesn't change drive name for Samba server (as you see them through PC), only for drives when seen from Q5/Q10 Pro apps.

[DancesWithChickens]

I replaced my HDD in my Q10 Pro with a bigger one.
Its path used to be /mnt/media_rw/sda1

Powered down, put the new HDD in, powered up...
...the path is now /mnt/media_rw/sda2

Why? 
This screws up all my database files i have with KODI.
How can i change it back to sd1?

[futeko.com]

I replaced my HDD in my Q10 Pro with a bigger one.
Its path used to be /mnt/media_rw/sda1

Powered down, put the new HDD in, powered up...
...the path is now /mnt/media_rw/sda2

Why? 
This screws up all my database files i have with KODI.
How can i change it back to sd1?

You can't change it manually. That is the problem that this patch addresses. I suggest installing this patch and changing your Kodi database so it points to the drive mounted according to label.

[tmihai20]

I replaced my HDD in my Q10 Pro with a bigger one.
Its path used to be /mnt/media_rw/sda1

Powered down, put the new HDD in, powered up...
...the path is now /mnt/media_rw/sda2

Why? 
This screws up all my database files i have with KODI.
How can i change it back to sd1?

If you have an SD card, a USB stick inserted then the HDD would probably be seen as sdb1. I use 2 HDDs, an internal one and an external one. I feared that they would probably switch the order they are being detected, but I had zero issues on any firmware (but I only have one partition on any HDD). Unplug everything and make sure you only have the internal HDD connected. Connect anything after it boots. Or you can use this patch to have it mounted in the same folder everytime.

[DancesWithChickens]

I replaced my HDD in my Q10 Pro with a bigger one.
Its path used to be /mnt/media_rw/sda1

Powered down, put the new HDD in, powered up...
...the path is now /mnt/media_rw/sda2

Why? 
This screws up all my database files i have with KODI.
How can i change it back to sd1?

You can't change it manually. That is the problem that this patch addresses. I suggest installing this patch and changing your Kodi database so it points to the drive mounted according to label.

So i have to install this patch every time i update the firmware from now on?
I'd rather leave it as sd2, if that doesn't change again.

@tmihai20:
The internal HDD is all i have connected.

[tmihai20]

I replaced my HDD in my Q10 Pro with a bigger one.
Its path used to be /mnt/media_rw/sda1

Powered down, put the new HDD in, powered up...
...the path is now /mnt/media_rw/sda2

Why? 
This screws up all my database files i have with KODI.
How can i change it back to sd1?

You can't change it manually. That is the problem that this patch addresses. I suggest installing this patch and changing your Kodi database so it points to the drive mounted according to label.

So i have to install this patch every time i update the firmware from now on?
I'd rather leave it as sd2, if that doesn't change again.

@tmihai20:
The internal HDD is all i have connected.

Yes, you have to install the patch every time you flash a new release. Does it have several partitions? It is strange that it is seen as sda2 right now.

[futeko.com]

Yes, you have to install the patch every time you flash a new release. Does it have several partitions? It is strange that it is seen as sda2 right now.

Storage mounted by UUID was a part of a 2.0.1 private beta firmware that never made it into 2.0.1 final.

Hopefully HiMedia will add it to future firmware so the patch doesn't have to be reinstalled.

[DancesWithChickens]

@tmihai20:

It's only one partition.
Took old hdd out of Q10 Pro, formatted new hdd in my pc, then booted up Q10 Pro with new hdd inside -> sda2.
I don't get it either, there must be some "file remains" of the old hdd somewhere 

@futeko.com:

That would be preferable indeed.
Right now there are too many manual patches created by users that could easily just be implemented.